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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1937
Page
2
Swine market uptick with hog receipts at Armour Stock Yards 10 higher on Thursday. top hogs 12.00–12.35, calves steady, sheep steady with higher bids. Sioux City reports mixed cattle values with strong hog gains and steady to higher feeder prices. good stockers active and lamb bids firm near 10.00.
Hog market reversed today with prices 10 to 15 cents higher than Wednesday. Choice butchers around 250 pounds up 15 to 2 cents, top at 12.90. Bulk sold 12 to 12.85. Cattle steady to 25 cents lower, grain fed steers and yearlings steady with dependable turnout, other cattle weak. Best fed steers 17.99, loads 17.50 to 17.75. Spring lambs active, 10 to 25 cents higher.
Chicago August 19 market notes show D A Hays reporting mixed slaughter cattle with top around 1290 pounds and prices 10 to 15 higher for select lots, sow and calf values varying. Sioux Falls and South St. Paul listings note hogs up to 15 higher, cattle steady, with top bids around 10.35 and 16.90 for certain classes, reflecting regional fluctuations and diverse grades.
Market notes from Huron and Chicago describe poultry and butter prices. Heavy hens and leghorn hens in various weight classes, butterfat grades, and Eggs prices listed. Chicago reports firmness in poultry and butter with steady eggs, receipts and grading activity noted.
Market items report varied prices for hens and eggs in Sioux City with weights and breeds listed, and Chicago wholesale potato prices and arrivals noted. Also includes foreign exchange update from Paris showing the US dollar value against francs.
Chicago August 1 Butter futures show storage standards data with high and low close figures. Market activity noted with 3k by data line. Reporter By ig erator standards.
Chicago on August 19 reported a plunge as enlarged arrivals of new harvest spring wheat in the northwest pressured prices. Wheat quotations fell sharply with Chicago May contracts hitting new seasonal lows. Receipts at Minneapolis and Duluth rose sharply versus last year. By close, Sept wheat slipped to new bottom, corn and oats also fell or held firm.
Minneapolis wheat and grain quotes show No 1 dark northern around 1.30 and No 1 yellow corn near 1.07 while Duluth cash closes mark durum prices near 1.05 to 1.12 and flax around 1.98. In Arlington Vermont, searchers abandon hope for 20 month old Alice Baker missing since Monday, with sheriff saying wandering rather than foul play is likely.
A dense list of securities and corporate names arranged in a ledger style, covering Alaska, Alleghany, Am Can, AT&T, Anaconda, Armour, Atchison, Auburn, Aviation Corp, Bendix, Caterpillar, Chrysler, Colgate, Colum Carb, Con Edison, Deere, Du Pont, Eastman, Firestone, General Mills, Goodyear, Gillette, Goodrich, Goodyear, IBM, Johns, Kennecott, Kroger, Loews, Mack Trucks, McKesson Robins, Miami Corp, Nash-Kelly, Nat Iron, Nat Cash Reg, Packard, Penn RR, Phillips Petroleum, Pullman, RCA, Sears Roebuck, Studebaker, Union Carbide, US Steel, Westinghouse, Woolworth, Yellow Truck, and Ford Motor Co among others, all shown with percentage figures or notes typical of quotation pages.
Market observers report traders reluctant amid uneven stock activity in New York. Brokers note rising apprehension and limited movement, with price shifts lacking vitality and few notable breakouts despite occasional gains.
Governor Jensen calls a special meeting with Secretary Gordon Stout and the Livestock Sanitary Board to discuss an organized campaign to stamp out anthrax in South Dakota cattle. He seeks equal quarantine application to prevent county discrimination as Stout agrees to convene immediately. State officials and veterinarians coordinate vaccination efforts for bovine anthrax response.
ABERDEEN Aug 19 AP LeGion appoints McKenzie of Huron as chairman of the South Dakota American Legion Hospital Committee. Members include Huntsinger Aberdeen Kibbe Mitchell Abel and Judge Wholketer. Committee to aid passage of a national bill for a veterans hospital in eastern South Dakota. Burke urges Washington delegation to push the measure as current veterans rely on Fargo Minneapolis and Lincoln for hospitalization due to lack of facilities.
Delbert Wilmarth of Iroquois SD, department commander of the United Spanish American War Veterans, announced plans for departure to the 13th annual convention in Columbus Ohio August 22 to 26. The Deshler-Warlick Hotel will host convention headquarters with the state Auxiliary represented by Josephine Hopkins Watertown and Marie Doolittle Sioux Falls among others.
Senate and House committees moved to resolve differences on the administration housing bill. The Senate rejected changes made by the House yesterday and appointed conferees. The tax measure to tighten income taxes passed without a recorded vote, while housing provisions set cost limits and funding shares.
The session led by Cave, with state, rail, and college representatives, discussed sponsoring a site exchange service for farmers and listing available dairy sites and heifers in creameries and banks. Gordon Stout was asked to publish the list for local committees, aiding the rehabilitation program’s momentum as state and GSDA members gathered in Brookings.
John W. Patino, 1, a retired Aberdeen businessman, died of a heart attack Saturday. Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Martin officiating. Burial followed in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Pallbearers included J. Harrison, J. Masters, Curtis Poole, Neal McClure, and others. He was nephew to Mrs. Ralph Schaller of Huron and Mrs. P. F. Laughlin of San Antonio, visiting Aberdeen.
The Huron Municipal Band directed by Hans Christensen will give a weekly concert tonight at J Campbell Park starting at dusk. Joan Floss will sing In the Chapel in Moonlight and Le Paloma. The American drum and bugle corps will perform between numbers. The event is presented in conjunction with the Huron Recreation Center and supervised by Loftus H. Wacd and Mrs. E. Howe.
Huron's summer playground program closes activities with a citywide Riverside Park picnic Friday at 5 30 p m. Loftus Ward city recreation director announced the event and said evening programs will be suspended for the picnic. Lifeguards will stay on duty and bathing beach at Ravine Lake open one more week. Tennis tournaments continue for two weeks.
Shanghai endures a wartime regime amid Japanese control with river channels closed and utilities rationed. Foreign troops, including 7,000 foreigners and 4,000 sailors aboard invasion ships, bolster defenses as British, American, and French forces prepare to defend the international settlement.
In Cannes France the mayor denies meeting John Roosevelt son of the U S president amid rumors of an attack or prank. The U S ambassador cites an attache who recalls a meeting but Roosevelt says he never met the Cannes mayor and has no idea how the confusion arose. Paris papers largely ignore the incident.
Admitted: Fritz Boesel Wolsey, Meal, Kenneth and Duane Kemp en. Minor surgical, Mrs. J. McClan, Manchester, Tunor surgical. Dismissed: Richare Wright, Hitchendt Mrs. Matt Hines and bsby daur' Huron, Mrs. Emer Hebron and bsby daughter, Huron: Wayne Grothe. Do Smet, Treva Esmes. Alpena, Sir Winckler, Harrold, Mrs. George Tim iey, Cavour. iy
Auctioneers ED STUART announce an auction Saturday at 2 o clock just east of the Mintener Lumber Co featuring two front room sets, rugs, furniture including a four piece bedroom set, desk, Singer sewing machine, ice box, bicycle, wheels, and assorted household items. Phone 2466. Also notices seeking rental or purchase of a five room modern house.
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